Description

Striped Series 5150 – Maple Fingerboard – Red with Black and White Stripes

When Eddie Van Halen introduced his famous red, white and black striped 5150® guitar in 1984, he never would have fathomed the thousands of copies it would inspire. But then again, Eddie has made a career of being copied in every which way imaginable. EVH proudly introduces a new Striped Series 5150 model based on his original instrument, featuring his distinctively striped 5150 motif and single humbucker setup. The Striped Series 5150 has a basswood body identical to the original, with a bolt-on quartersawn maple neck featuring a comfortable modified C profile, hand-rubbed satin urethane finish on the back and unique hockey stick headstock. The fast-playing 12″-16″ compound radius maple fingerboard has 22 jumbo frets, black dot inlays and a convenient heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel. The 5150 is also fitted with a custom-designed EVH® Wolfgang® alnico 2 humbucking bridge pickup, delivering the perfect amount of power and articulation with sweet sustain and thick chunky rhythms in a perfectly balanced EQ curve. A custom designed EVH-branded low-friction volume knob provides for unmatched performance and even-volume tapering for the smoothest volume swells. Decked out with a rock solid dive bomb certified EVH-branded Floyd Rose® bridge, the locking tailpiece features fine tuners for each string and a patented EVH D-Tuna® for switching back and forth from drop-D to standard tuning in an instant. With its quintessential red 5150 hologram numbers and star decals, the Striped Series 5150 is a high-powered, high-performance machine thats as kickass to look at as it is to play.

• Body: Basswood
• Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Control Knobs: Black Knurled with White Indicator
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Body Shape: 5150®
• Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Shape: EVH® Modified « C » Backshape
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 12″-16″ Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
• Number of Frets: 22
• Fret Size: Jumbo
• String Nut: Floyd Rose® R3 Locking
• Nut Width: 1.685″ (42.8 mm)
• Truss Rod: EVH®-Branded with Wheel
• Truss Rod Wrench: 2.5 mm Hex
• Bridge Pickup: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
• Controls: Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit
• Pickup Switching: None
• Pickup Configuration: H
• Bridge: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
• Tuning Machines: EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
• Strings: EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Included Accessories: Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual
• Case/Gig Bag: Optional EVH® Striped Hardshell (p/n 022-6100-506); Optional EVH® Black Gig Bag (p/n 022-1512-006)